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Ken Kozakiewicz breaks down in an evacuation helicopter after hearing that his friend, the driver of his Bradley FV, was killed in a "friendly fire" incident that he himself survived, Feb. 27, 1991. The following day, President Bush suspended offensive combat, declaring Kuwait liberated.(1600x1064)
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Young men smoking, drinking, and playing cards Stetson University dorm room, Florida, ca 1900.
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Polish art critic and art collector Feliks "Manggha" Jasieński (1861-1929) wearing a Samurai helmet and kimono, Kraków, Poland, 1903 or 1904.
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Enraged Syrian dictator Hafez Al-Assad at a press conference reacting to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becoming the 1st Arab world leader to visit Israel, 1977. Assad, who fought with Egypt against Israel in the Yom Kippur war, felt deeply betrayed & later broke off diplomatic relations (1280x841)
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The second image of former Italian President Aldo Moro as a hostage of the Red Brigades. He was later murdered as a hostage. April 19, 1978
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Josiah Harlan, Prince of Ghor an American born in Pennsylvania who travelled to Afghanistan with the intention of making himself a king. He failed. (1838-1845)
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Lion tamer and animal trainer Jack Bonavita poses with his lions. An esteemed circus performer in turn-of-the-century New York, Bonavita was eventually killed by one of his animals in 1917 — though it wasn't a lion, but instead a polar bear.
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Super Bowl I, January 15, 1967 - The Packers defeated the Chiefs 35-10 on a sunny 72 degree afternoon at the LA Coliseum. Ticket prices were a mere $12 and the event did not sell out.
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Swedish weightlifter rejoices after successfully lifting weights at the Olympic Games in Montreal, 1976 .
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Anti-apartheid sign in Karachi, (then British India). Circa 1940s (pre-partition)
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